Plant Description:

• Less common bush than other rose species; growing up to 2 m tall
• Stem covered in straight or curved spines
• Leaves composed of 5 to 9 leaflets
• Flowers are pink and the fruit is round
• Found in ravines, moist areas and sandy slopes
• Rose petals are edible
• Found at Stop 1 - on Interpretive Nature and Hiking Trails, and at Stops 4, 6, 7, 9, and 12

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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